The first version of the Website Writing Guide, published in early 2009 was written by Steven Smith and David West. A great deal more content has been added to the Guide since it was first published.

Steven Smith has written widely about the Internet, has written a book, Living Websites and has delivered writing for the Web courses around Australia for the past seven years. In a previous life he was an English and History teacher. He is Director of Website Criteria Pty Ltd, the publisher and owner of the Website Writing Guide.

Updates and revisionsof this Guide are undertaken by Website Criteria Pty Ltd.

Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the South Australian Government for undertaking trials of the Guide and providing very helpful feedback on its drafts. In particular, we wish to thank Melissa Miller of the South Australian Environment Protection Authority who encouraged us in the early stages of the Guide.

Special thanks also to Andrew Mills, the South Australian Government’s Chief Information Officer and his staff, who have been generous in their feedback and willingness to trial the Guide.